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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2016
Applicant:
Mitsuru Satoh, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Mitsuru Satoh, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23206 (2013.01); H04L 12/4641 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes circuitry that connects to one or more first information processing apparatuses via a virtual private network in response to a request to connect from at least one of the one or more first information processing apparatuses and establishes a first wireless communication network among the image forming apparatus and the first information processing apparatuses to enable wireless communication among the image forming apparatus and the first information processing apparatuses.